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Portland Field comes to life again for Riptide Softball Team The diamond had so much to do with making a tight knit community an even better place to live. Last Saturday, the Riptide Softball Team practiced on the field. It's not yet time for a Grand Re-opening Celebration, with sanctioned games here, but the little town 10.9 miles from the Adair County Courthouse in Columbia, KY, the little town in the middle of the overlapping catchment areas of two great United Methodist Churches, is thinking again of restoring some of the grandeur that was its during part the the last half of the 20th century, maybe starting with regular softball games -CM By Arlinda Kessler I am sure many people can remember playing ball on the softball field in Portland. This past Sunday, April 26, 2009, the 9 and 10 year old Riptide girls fastpitch softball team practiced for the first time on this field. The old field game to life again, and brought back so many memories for us. Riptide Softball Team includes Mia Butler, Katy Roy, Shelby Franklin, Jera Kessler, Allison Burris, Madison Bell, Cara Murrell, Kaylee Warf, Ashley Owens, Kyla Kessler, McKenzie Withers, Kaitlyn Burton. The coaches are Kevin Kessler, Donna Owens, and Pheobe Franklin. The field had not been played on for several years. But many are asking about making it what it used to be, again. Right now its condition is okay for practicing, but it still needs more work before an official softball game is played there. The Portland ballfield is owned by Kevin and Arlinda Kessler and Eddie Kessler. The ballfield is at the intersection of Portland Rd (KY 1702) and Old Portland Road in the Portland Community. Many ballgames were played on this field under the management of Larry Rodgers when the field was owned by the late Huston Finn. Garnett Baker is the owner of the store at Portland. Geneva Kessler ran the store as Garnett Kessler & Son at 1050 Portland Road, Columbia, KY, in the Portland Community, for 46 years, from 1963 to 2008. This story was posted on 2009-05-02 20:36:40
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